Session Notes for R1 (Rapid Turnaround Monday) session: r1415 Prepared by C. Thomas, NVI, Inc./GSFC Refer to http://ivscc.gsfc.nasa.gov/program/descrip2010.html#r1 for the session purpose. =========================================================== ----- Parameter listing -------------------------------------- Experiment: R1415 Description IVS-R1 Scheduler: NASA Correlator: BONN Start: 2010-025-17:00:00 End: 2010-026-17:00:00 Current yyyyddd: 2010025 (2010.07) ( 15222 MJD, MON. 25JAN.) Greenwich sidereal time: 1:19: 0.00 (17: 0: 0 UT) Sun's RA and DEC: 20h 31.9m -18d 51.9 =========================================================== Important Station Information Tigo only picked up one scan when it was tagged along to this schedule file. So, Tigo will not participate in this session even if their media clears customs in time. The media is currently being held in Santiago. =========================================================== There are no observations for Wettzell from 18:15 U.T. to 19:45 U.T. Wettzell will participate in the intensive session during this period. =========================================================== First observations Source Start DURATIONS name yyddd-hhmmss Ny On Sh Ts Wf Wz 1803+784 10025-170000| 43 47 47 43 43 43| =========================================================== Last observations Source Start DURATIONS name yyddd-hhmmss Ny On Sh Ts Wf Wz 1300+580 10026-165455| 108 150 127 44 150 113| 1144+402 10026-165809| 83 85 85 43 | =========================================================== SKED Summary from file ./r1415.skd for experiment R1415 (all scans with at least one subnet station) Average number of obs. per baseline per source(normalized by up-time) = 13.6 Min = 0.0 Max = 100.5 (Baseline Ny-On on 2216-038) RMS = 14.8 Total time: 1440 minutes ( 24.0 hours). Key: Ny=NYALES20 On=ONSALA60 Sh=SESHAN25 Ts=TSUKUB32 Wf=WESTFORD Wz=WETTZELL Ny On Sh Ts Wf Wz Avg % obs. time: 43 52 48 33 45 36 43 % cal. time: 6 5 6 6 4 5 5 % slew time: 26 29 33 21 15 14 23 % idle time: 25 13 12 38 35 44 28 total # scans: 498 450 496 549 375 453 470 # scans/hour : 21 19 21 23 16 19 20 Avg scan (sec): 74 99 83 53 103 69 79 # data tracks: 16 16 16 16 16 16 # Mk5 tracks: 16 16 16 16 16 16 Total GBytes: 1323 1609 1486 1040 1389 1124 1329 Total GB(M5): 1176 1430 1321 925 1235 999 1181 # of tapes : 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.1 1.0 1.0 tape change times (hhmm): Total number of tapes: 5.1 Total GBytes (M5) recorded: 7085.8 # OF OBSERVATIONS BY BASELINE | Ny On Sh Ts Wf Wz StnTotal ---------------------------------------- Ny| 407 335 378 330 414 1864 On| 299 306 320 408 1740 Sh| 481 218 285 1618 Ts| 249 311 1725 Wf| 294 1411 Wz| 1712 Number of 2-station scans: 207 Number of 3-station scans: 81 Number of 4-station scans: 125 Number of 5-station scans: 130 Number of 6-station scans: 169 Total # of scans, observations: 712 5035 =========================================================== Recording mode Name Code GEOSX SX Recording mode setup for: NYALES20 ONSALA60 SESHAN25 TSUKUB32 WESTFORD WETTZELL Mode Tot.Rate Tot.BandW #chan #bits Barrel Mk341:2 256.000 Mbits 128.000 MHz 14 1 NONE Chan.BW #Subpasses Tracks(*fan) Tot.tracks Speed 8.00 MHz 1 16(*2) 32 0.00 X-band spanned bw= 720.0 MHz rms spanned bw= 280.4 MHz S-band spanned bw= 140.0 MHz rms spanned bw= 50.9 MHz Effective number of channels recorded per sub-pass X S Total 10.000 6.000 16.000 =========================================================== Monitoring Sources Source Min Max Actual Num #Scans 3C138 1.00 1.50 0.75 38 9 1004-217 1.00 1.50 0.14 7 7 0402-362 1.00 1.50 0.08 4 4 1550-242 1.00 1.50 0.00 0 0 1656+477 1.00 1.50 0.99 50 5 1933-400 1.00 1.50 0.04 2 2 0945+408 1.00 1.50 1.53 77 10 2216-038 1.00 1.50 1.09 55 20 0302+625 1.00 1.50 0.08 4 4 0119+041 1.00 1.50 0.16 8 8 Total 4.87 245 69 =========================================================== Minor Options Option Norm Wt Aux_Parm Astro Abs 3.00 BegScan Rel 1.00 EndScan Rel 1.00 NumObs Rel 1.00 StatIdle Abs 3.00 StatWt Abs 1.00 FFFFF F =========================================================== Major Options Subnet NyOnShTsWfWz SkyCov Yes AllBlGood Yes MinAngle 15 MinBetween 20 MinSunDist 15 MaxSlewTime 300 TimeWindow 24.00 MinSubNetSize 2 NumSubNet 1 Best 60 FillIn Yes FillMinSub 3 FillMinTime 120 FillBest 80 Add_ps 30.0 SNRWts Yes =========================================================== Tape types ID Station Tape length Density Passes Ny NYALES20 Mark5A On ONSALA60 Mark5A Sh SESHAN25 Mark5A Ts TSUKUB32 K5 Wf WESTFORD Mark5A Wz WETTZELL Mark5A =========================================================== SNR Targets Minimum SNR by baseline for multi-baseline scans X-band (margin 0) S-band (margin 0) Ny On Sh Ts Wf Ny On Sh Ts Wf On 20 On 15 Sh 20 20 Sh 15 15 Ts 20 20 20 Ts 15 15 15 Wf 20 20 20 20 Wf 15 15 15 15 Wz 20 20 20 20 20 Wz 15 15 15 15 15